OPERATIONAL - KUGOWN OPERATIONAL

Created: 3/31/1954

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Chief of Station, Guatemala

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1. In eua, tho reference dispatch portrays on* of thoH taoporory crises of|sj through whloh every reoiotance organiutloa inevitably pu*u. Wo hevs no vlah er inclination to sound hardr-heaortadi hut from tho LOCCtI point of ventage, va cannot interpret tho reference otherwise, we ithat RAZMARA, la all hia rolaUooaQCE, reflect oonfidence without ^ollfwisnosi and that ho reoOnd BOTES of tha triala and ordeals of previous and successful resistance epeesients. Indeed, If RAZMARA ls oo Bonded and oso appropriately sdspt tho analogy, ho oan Inform ncr.ncL' that, for exeaeple, the morale of the Naslo In the winterust before tholr eel sure of power inaa at all-tlae lav abb. Tho mane thing vaa true of the French revolutionaries sad of tbo Soviet revolutionaries, on tho ova of their suoooaa. These aro not sovury examples, but thay are illustretlve of the emotional upa and downa that aff aot renlatnnce groupa and revolutionaries, what wo are uitneaaing oow on tho part of the government, ES3BCE ahould be told, la not the otraagth of maturity but tho frensy of senility and docoy. Bar la ir-SOCS being aokad to survive forever. Uo cannot indicate toefinite end to oppression, bat vo oan indicate that tho end la daily crowing peso-sr. Uo consider lt inporUnt that RAZMARA oosuae tho Initiative in making ouchremarks and that ho not ba oTerly tolerant vith SSSJSCE when SSSBCE lo in tho doldrums. Thia la the tins when RAZWRA must show hia mottle and bis louder ot dp. Oe must spook out boldly, with hope sod with faith, and where those quailtios are locking ln BSSBCE, RAZMARA oust supply then. It is understood, of courae, that tho station in turn aust inject then into RAZMARA, not booooao bo looks those Qualities, but because, in hia position, ho too vlll be loofejaj; far encouragement. For obvious reasons, it iodesirable to convey either to RAZMARA or ESSSkCE thoae hopeful oapecta of too overall flkSOCCZSS PICTOre which justify tho foracaint ranarka* However, It lo perfectly booeat and appropriate for RAZMARA to tell ESSEhCE, as of ton oa nooososry, that the overall picture of tho anti-Ccaauniat oauso ia enoouraglng

and that tba loasaa nowdotruly dlndnlab tha overall atrangth, but only temporarily d1 mini ah the etrength of tbat sao tor with which he ia familiar.

2. Tbe apeeifio items danied In KAZHARA's Informal aasttranda have practically all been oovered by cable, for your infojesatloa, the ESS DEE srataorandua on the Saleaa problem has been transmitted to CfcTJ.TflKnTS and CAXUGBRIS haa been asked to take appropriate KXCwi; action.

JEEOfffi C. BUSBAR

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